Brian Johnston is Director of the Western Regional Office of the National Right to Life Committee and serves on the Board of the California ProLife Council. Because of his well-known advocacy for those unable to defend themselves, he has served as an appointee in numerous posts of public oversight: as California State Commissioner on Aging, on California's State Board of Nursing Home Examiners, and on the Board of Directors of the National Legal Center for the Medically Dependent and Disabled.